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New liaison program helps people navigate barriers to drug treatment, recovery
After years of struggling with addiction in Kitsap County, Michelle Lamb knows first-hand how hard it can be to get clean when you don’t know where to turn. A simple ride home, quick access to treatment, or having someone to sit with you through the process, she says, can be the catalyst for people with a substance use disorder to finally break the cycle. Lamb, now five years sober, is head of the new program at the West Sound Treatment Center aiming to be that spark.
‘It broke my heart that someone would do this’ – local singer, friends replace Pride Flags in Downtown Burien Sunday morning
“It broke my heart that someone would do this,” said Dianna Leppa when she learned that Pride Flags had been stolen from Downtown Burien this weekend. As we previously reported (with video showing three suspected thieves), several Pride Flags were stolen in Downtown Burien early Saturday morning, June 8, starting at around 2:30 a.m.
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There’s a vacant motel next door
KENT, Wash. — Kabongo Kambila Ringo stood outside the tent where he has been staying with his pregnant wife and ate from a clear plastic tray of Girl Scout cookies melting in the midday sun.
Business Spotlight | The barber behind the bookshelf
There’s a secret behind the bookshelf at One:11, the men’s apparel and accessories store in downtown Gig Harbor. The bookshelf isn’t (just) a shelf. It’s a hidden sliding door that opens to a barbershop. Once a storeroom filled with inventory, the barbershop is surprisingly large. Natural...
St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church’s Pride and American flags stolen in latest vandalism attack
St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Burien has once again fallen victim to vandalism and theft, with thieves cutting down all the flags – including Pride and a significant American one – outside the church. This marks the latest incident in a pattern of attacks that occur about...
A well-rounded life awaits the new owner of the Silo House - Unreal Estate
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — Most silos you see are meant to hold grain. But these silos for sale in Port Orchard are intended to have people. "My client read a magazine article all about grain silo houses and she was very inspired by the architecture. So, she hired a local architect, ordered the silo through Safeco Farm products and they got started on the build," said Kati Davis, a broker with Keller Williams.
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